Total pages in book: 149
Estimated words: 140604 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 703(@200wpm)___ 562(@250wpm)___ 469(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 140604 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 703(@200wpm)___ 562(@250wpm)___ 469(@300wpm)
“My mom gets back on Friday. I’m all for waiting to go home Saturday so I don’t get hit with hurricane mom when she finds out we didn’t call her,” Gigi admitted.
Olivia understood that, too. “Well, I’m happy to have some company.”
A brow rose over Miranda’s eyes. “No, you’re not. Now you can tell us why.”
Gigi’s expression went soft and sympathetic. “Is it Bobby?”
She had hugged her best friend as he dropped her off at the private airfield before heading to DFW for his own flight. He was going back to the college he loved and the young man he was crazy about. She was surprised that she was at peace with it. She had expected to spend some time crying and reflecting on her loss, but it didn’t feel like loss now. It felt like contentment because Bobby was happy and she wanted that for him and she was…fighting possibilities.
“I don’t think it’s Bobby,” Miranda mused. “I would bet she’s thinking about those two guys from last night. Olivia, you know we can probably figure out their names. They looked so into you.”
Gigi bit her bottom lip. “Or it all went bad. She didn’t look super happy this morning.”
“Because she snuck out on them when she should have exchanged digits,” Miranda replied like Olivia wasn’t sitting right there.
Nothing they were saying wasn’t true. “I know their names.”
“She didn’t tell them good-bye?” Gigi must not have heard her reply.
“Not from what Bobby said.” Miranda flushed and looked Olivia’s way. “Sorry. He was worried about you. He was worried about how your mom was going to handle it, but it seemed like she was great. Was she not? Wait. What did you say?”
“I know their names,” Olivia said with a sigh. “Garrett and Keane.”
Gigi’s head straightened, and she got that look in her eyes that told Olivia she was trying to figure something out. “Isn’t Garrett the name of the new lawyer? I heard my dad talking to yours about him.”
“And I heard my dads discussing the new guy at the O’Malley Ranch. He’s apparently big on protocols, and it’s saved Aidan a ton of money and time,” Miranda added. “Are they friends?”
It was good to know they didn’t have all the answers. “From what I can tell, they’ve been friends since they were kids, and it was a traumatic childhood for both of them. You know the story. Two boys meet and face challenges and weirdly become halves of a whole.”
Miranda nodded. “Or they’re born that way.”
“I have two sets of twin uncles,” Gigi threw in. “I know what you are talking about. So you slept with your uncle’s foreman and your dad’s company’s new attorney. Yikes.”
“Or yeah.” Miranda was always positive. “I don’t see why this is a bad thing. They’re in our circle. They’ve been vetted, so we know they’re safe. I think this is a good thing. Now they can date a little. Maybe see each other at The Hideout every now and then. Oh, I think Keane’s planning on coming out to the G and discussing his methods with my dads and Uncle Jamie.”
“I wasn’t looking for a relationship,” Olivia said.
“That’s the best time to find one,” Miranda countered. “Trust me—I’ve heard so many stories. My mom and dads. Your mom and dads. You know, now that I think about it, the only people in our world I don’t know way too much about is Gigi’s parents.”
“One day,” Gigi promised. “But now we need to concentrate on Olivia’s problem. She needs to find a way to spend time with them. Also, we mentioned The Hideout. Do we know if they’re in the lifestyle? I know it seems like everyone is, but there are vanilla people out there. I think Olivia needs a top.”
“She totally needs a top. I’m pretty sure it was brought up at the last board meeting.” Miranda had gone to college at SMU and still came to Dallas on a regular basis. Sometimes Olivia thought Miranda got to the club more than she did.
“I was discussed at the board meeting?” It was news to her.
Gigi waved that off. “Those board meetings are nothing but a reason to gossip, and now that Daisy O’Donnell and Kala Taggart are married, they’re looking for things to talk about. You never play anymore. You know Gabe always watches these things.”
Olivia rolled her eyes. “Gabe is a nosy old lady. Like seriously. He needs to worry about someone else.”
“He does. He worries about his sister all the time,” Gigi replied.
“I’m not his sister.” The idea that her sad lack of a relationship was club fodder rankled. Oh, she knew they all meant well. Mean people didn’t last long at The Hideout. They totally valued kindness over niceness. “I appreciate that he cares about me, but I don’t need help. Except I kind of do. But not from Gabe. There are complications.”